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Domestika raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to expand its learning community for creative types

TechCrunch

This Series D is being led by Zeev Ventures, a longtime investor, with additional contributions from GSV and other unnamed, private investors, and it has now raised around $200 million to date. Education has been one of the most significant categories in the tech industry in the past couple of years. billion valuation.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. Back to regular writing this week so check back in. We’re a busy bunch.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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The Past (1985-2002). But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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The Innovator's Solution for SaaS Startups - The Flywheel SaaS Company

Tomasz Tunguz

In the Innovator’s Dilemma for SaaS Startups , I outlined the path of many software companies, which disrupt incumbents by first serving the small-to-medium business and then move up-market by transitioning to serve larger enterprises with outbound sales teams. Additionally, this flywheel model is incredibly capital efficient.

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